0 a method of dyeing (= adding colour to) thread after tying it, then using it to make cloth with complicated patterns of many colours, or cloth that is made in this way:
Kebaya usually worn with a sarong or batik "kain panjang", or other traditional woven garment such as ikat, songket with a colorful motif.
He is also known for his knotted or ikat technique as well as the jasper style.
In ikat, the resist is formed by binding bundles of threads with a tight wrapping applied in the desired pattern.
The same motifs that appear on a man's hinggi reappear on the women's skirts, but the range of techniques used are greater than ikat alone.
Sumba is famous for the "ikat" textiles, particularly very detailed hand-woven "ikat", which is prepared on the island.
Sizes and designs varied but those made with the ikat dying technique became dominant.
In weft ikat it is the weaving or weft thread that carries the dyed patterns which only appear as the weaving proceeds.
Weft ikat are commonly employed where pattern precision is of less aesthetic concern than the overall resultant fabric.
